Tag: cleric

Known as Taha, this Muslim cleric confessed that he felt his life was in danger after he married gay couples in Iran. ‘Yes, I was conducting gay weddings,’ Taha said. ‘The last few months were very difficult. The authorities questioned me several times about my choice of friends.’ Other gay clerics and Muslims didn't see Taha with good eyes and started to threaten him. ‘They were saying I am a cleric and I shouldn’t be meeting gay men,’ he said. ‘The other mullahs were...